Beast with a Gun 1977 N/R, 91 min. Genre: Foreign / Action aka: Mad Dog Killer Mad Dog
Director: Sergio Grieco Cast: Helmut Berger, Marisa Mell, Richard Harrison, Marina Giordana, Luigi Bonos, Vittorio Duse, Claudio Gora, Nello Pazzafini, Ezio Marano, Antonio Basile
Nanni Vitali (Helmut Berger) bears a grudge against policeman Giulio Santini (Richard Harrison) whose testimony against him put Nanni in jail. Now, Nanni has escaped, and he is determined to destroy Santini.
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Casanova & Co. 1976 N/R, 88 min. Genre: Comedy aka: Sex on the Run Some Like It Cool
Director: Franz Antel Cast: Tony Curtis, Marisa Berenson, Sylva Koscina, Hugh Griffith, Britt Ekland, Victor Spinetti, Marisa Mell, Andrea Ferreol, Umberto Orsini, Jean Lefebvre
When Casanova (Tony Curtis) discovers himself impotent, he hires his look-alike (also played by Curtis) to fill in for his sexual feats and, thus, maintain his reputation.
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Danger: Diabolik 1968 N/R, 99 min. Genre: Adventure
Director: Mario Bava Cast: John Phillip Law, Marisa Mell, Michel Piccoli, Adolfo Celi, Terry-Thomas, Claudio Gora, Mario Donen, Renzo Palmer, Caterina Boratto, Lucia Modugno, Andrea Bosic, Giulio Donnini
The authorities of a European country are frustrated in their efforts to catch master criminal Diabolik (John Phillip Law) who, with his girlfriend/assistant Eva (Marisa Mell), continues to pull of big heists while killing anyone in his way. The police minister finally makes a deal with the underworld to help in the chase as Diabolik becomes a hero to the population through his exploits.
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Mahogany 1975 PG, 109 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Berry Gordy Cast: Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Perkins, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Beah Richards, Nina Foch, Marisa Mell, Lenard Norris, Ira Rogers, Marvin Corman
Tracy (Diana Ross) is a poor secretary from a Chicago ghetto who struggles to reach the top of the fashion world. Ross is good in an otherwise weak film.
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Masquerade 1965 N/R, 102 min. Genre: Comedy aka: Operation Masquerade A Shabby Tiger
Director: Basil Dearden Cast: Cliff Robertson, Jack Hawkins, Marisa Mell, Michel Piccoli, Bill Fraser, Charles Gray, John Le Mesurier, Felix Aylmer, Christopher Witty, Tutte Lemkow, Ernest Clark
This spoof of spy stories, based on the Victor Canning novel "Castle Minerva," has Robertson and Hawkins hired to abduct the young heir to the throne of a Mid-Eastern nation. Clever and pretty well done.
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| 1. Beast with a Gun (1977) aka: Mad Dog Killer aka: Mad Dog
2. Casanova & Co. (1976) aka: Sex on the Run aka: Some Like It Cool
3. Danger: Diabolik (1968)
4. Mahogany (1975)
5. Masquerade (1965) aka: Operation Masquerade aka: A Shabby Tiger
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